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Re: Why Adonai?

From: Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>
To: "yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Why Adonai?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:26:55

At 10:03 AM 05/10/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Shalom Alaikhem!
>"Barukh ata Adonai...!"
>Such words have been said in prayer and passed along for years and years,
>but why was this chosen to substitute the ORIGINAL name in the beginning?

Yosef, the reason is really quite simple. 'Adon' in Hebrew mean 'Lord' or
'master' and is used to refer to G-d. The Rabbis instituted the use of that
name since the proper pronounciation of the four letter name had been lost
at that time.

moshe shulman mshulman AT ix.netcom.com 718-436-7705
http://www.chassidus.net chassidus website

Why Adonai?, yahua'sef, 05/10/1999
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